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画

huà

a painting, picture, drawing; to draw

Shadow
Strokes
8
Radical
田
HSK
2
Tone
4

Traditional form: 畫

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 我想画画了。

    Wǒ xiǎng huà huà le

    I want to draw.

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  • 我知道他会画画。

    Wǒ zhī dào tā huì huà huà

    I know that he can draw.

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  • 在这里画一条直线。

    Zài zhè lǐ huà yī tiáo zhí xiàn

    Draw a straight line here.

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  • 她把画挂反了。

    Tā bǎ huà guà fǎn le

    She hung the picture upside down.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 画

  • 画huà 4to draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划); stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 划); (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 划)
  • 画家huà jiā 4–1 painter
  • 画儿huà r 4picture; drawing; painting
  • 图画tú huà 2–4 drawing; picture
  • 动画片dòng huà piàn 4–4–4animated film
  • 画面huà miàn 4–4 scene; tableau; picture; image; screen (displayed by a computer); (motion picture) frame; field of view
  • 漫画màn huà 4–4 caricature; cartoon; Japanese manga
  • 动画dòng huà 4–4 animation; cartoon
  • 绘画huì huà 4–4 drawing; painting
  • 画蛇添足huà shé tiān zú 4–2–1–2lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous; to overdo it
  • 油画yóu huà 2–4 oil painting
  • 壁画bì huà 4–4 mural (painting); fresco